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Texas teen seriously injured cliff-diving at Blue Pool

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SISTERS, Ore. (AP) – A Texas teenager has been seriously injured after attempting to cliff dive into Blue Pool.

The Register-Guard reports (http://bit.ly/2u4yUMT ) the 17-year-old was hiking with her mother and friends when she was injured on Monday.

Linn County Sheriff Bruce Riley says the girl jumped from a cliff about 30 to 35 feet above the water and hit a rock about 20 feet down, landing in shallow water.

Riley says the girl suffered “a substantial injury to her left hip, possibly resulting in a fracture.”

Two of her friends pulled her to safety and then a bystander hiked 2 miles to the nearest cellphone service and called for help.

An Army National Guard Blackhawk helicopter took the girl to a nearby hospital. She is in stable condition.

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